Lonely Stage

Lonely Stage
Originally uploaded by Andrew Edwards.

Hey Everyone,
What an interesting weekend. This weekend we photographed a wedding in Popes Harbour, a re-settled community from decades ago. After travelling to Clarenville, we headed for Random Island. Once on Random Island we went right to the end to a community called "Petley". It was a beautiful area but this was only the start of it.

Once we were offloaded the photo gear from the car, we boarded a beautiful passenger boat called "The Tuckamore". Decked out in hardwood, and pillows it makes for a pleasant ride. The captain boat was chartered for the Manuel Wedding that we were going to photograph. Saturday was a dead calm on the water as we took over an hour to sail up the coastline to Popes Harbour.

Popes harbour is a re-settled community that has no paths, no proper electricity and only outhouses for creature comforts. Besides that there are only people. But the people are not your normal folk, they are nicest, most friendly type of Newfoundlanders you can imagine. Opening their boats and bottles to anyone that was around.

Once "The Tuckamore" had docked, we proceeded to got into a smaller fishing boat to travel to the church. Yes, you read that right, we went to the Chapel in an open fishing boat. Quite interesting, and a first for us.

The Church is a newly constructed building that had not been used before the Manuel Wedding. This was no 300+ seat church, with only 40 people sitting and plenty were still standing in the doorway. The ceremony went off without a hitch and a hail of Rice and Fireworks followed.

Around the reception and ensuing jamboree on the dock, and boats, and shoreline, we left Popes Harbour and headed back for Petley. After the boat ride we were quite exhausted from all the travelling lately and we decided to stay in Clarenville for the night.

This brings us to the next interesting point in our Journey. We usually head to a hotel when we are on business but this time we wanted to try a Bed and Breakfast. So enter the Beamont Bed and Breakfast owned and operated by Jeff. The owner clearly was an ex-architect( self-admitted) who had designed the B&B with a very modern designer touch. The beds were great and his hospitality was extraordinary. I would recommend visiting Jeff anytime you are in the Shoal Harbour/Clarenville area.

Jeff has established the first fine art gallery in the Clarenville area as well as a play theatre complex at the White Hills Ski resort. Lets hope we hear more information on this venture soon.

The next day we got up and photographed the Crewe's 50th wedding anniversary in "Mahers". Note that it is not pronounced "May-ers" but instead it is pronounced "Mars".

That is it for now as I have boat loads (pardon the pun) of photographs to process. If you have any questions or comments send them to info@andrewedwardsphotography.ca

AE